Archive for May, 2012

Shooting Dance and the Performing Arts

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Teaching at the Banff Centre this summer a “shooting in the Performing Arts course. It’s a great location in the mountains to learn with access to all the artists to photograph.

Here is the class.

Midsummer Nights Dream

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

I was asked by art director Scott McKowen to take a photograph of a donkey for Theatre Calgary’s upcoming production of Midsummer Night’s Dream. Who would have thought an hour away from where I was working at the Shaw Festival there was a donkey farm.

Meet Bob Ray who was our model.

We were lucky to get a fearless Toronto actress  by the name of Alexandra Ordolis who managed to cuttle with our donkey for two hours. Here’s Scott’s sketch for the final poster.

We had a few lucky frames that were at the end of the shoot when they both seemed in love!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

McNally discusses lighting and his new light shapers.

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

A shoot in January at my studio where Joe McNally discusses light and his new light shapers.

Check his blog post.